Dult

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dult, tult, from Old High German tuld (“idle period”), from Proto-West Germanic *dulþi, from Proto-Germanic *dulþiz (“feast, Easter”), of unknown origin. Compare Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (dulþs, “feast”).

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(regional, Bavaria, Austria) Synonym of Jahrmarkt
- 1830, Carl Müller, Die Jacobi-Dult zu München: Seitenstück zum Octoberfest auf der Theresienwiese, page 3:
  „Heh! Kellner's frisch! bald angefangen! Die Dult ist heute eingegangen!
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

“Dult” in Duden online
“Dult” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Dult” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.